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the carolina watchman tol xv.--third series salisbuby n c april 3 1884 ho 25 th . bonded extension bill speech of os bykox m cutcheox of michigan 5eof representatives ' . march 22 1884 , . ommlti f the whole on tnd li iviu under consldera to extend che time tor lhe led spii its now in " m cutcheon said : mr chairman : i shall ask the the committee for a few only while 1 present such - ] have upon this question reasons for opposing the bill i t is manifest to us that the question ,,' n ot onl a complex one but it is l 0 complicated one it is a tri ingnlar question with three aspects | n ,,, first place we have the busi ngs aspect of the case in the sec oq ] place we have its revenue aspect \ m i in the third place to a great manv 0 { usj h has a moral aspect first in regard to the busines upect of the case there arc four jijmci that are very ready concern ed in the result of the action of this body i regard to this bill first sre the producers â€” the distillers ; lecondly the middlemen the hold ers anil baukers who have loaned upon this security ; in the third place ihere are the retail dealers and con a ,,.| in the fourth place the public 6 now tir-t as to the distillers t i pru lucere when they went into this business to prodi this over 5toc k of whiskey which it is now uked tiiat tlif government shall as sist them in carrying they did so with their eves wide open with a full ind complete understanding of all the risks they we â– â€¢â– assuming of the danger of overproduction and with a full understanding of the tax which the government had against it and probabilities of the extension or non 11 of the bonded period now having gone as a speculation into this business into the manufacture of this product which they well knew ami we all well know requires time for its aging and perfection and where the holding of it would be for their pecuniary advantage they come to us now with a very poor grace to ask us to help them out of the embar rassments of their business specula tion for mv part i do not believe to the full extent in this cry of distress fliey have overproduced there is 110 doubt about that they knew they were overproducing when thÂ«-y did it there is no doubt about that filliei they knew ail the risks they were taking in their overproduction ami it conies as 1 before said with poor jrace from the producers uow to come to this congress and ask that we shall become partners with them in their speculation help them out of their difficulty and take 4i per cent interest on our money as our share of the profit so much for the produ cers in the second place we have the holder the middlemen and the bankers those who hold this pro duct have taken it l assume in the main and almost entirely since the passage of the internal revenue tax law ami the previous bonded exten sion laws riiebankers who have loaned money upon this stock of whiskey also did it with their eyes wide open know g fully all the circumstances know ing the fact of overproduction know ing the period of extension and know ing the measure of tax and every other element that entered into the question of financial speculation which they undertook when they either purchased this whiskey or took u as security for loans they discoun ted all this when they invested i y therefore that these middlemen wd bankers come here with an ex ceptionally poor plea when they ask u < to step in and take a share of the speculation to assume a part of the ri k and t take 11 per cent of the amount of the tax as our hare of the profits 1 come next to the third class in vested in this matter the consumers a hl retail dealers i undertake to say hat the consumers and retail dealers lia ve 110 interest at all in favor of tho passage of this lull but are interested nther in the retention of the present } a * ami the present bonded period y'fir interest certainly is to have c ean whiskey and they are therefore j lo t interested in the passage of this "'"â€¢ it may not make whiskey more \ 2 ' 1 dear but 1 trust that i may break the compact power of at dangerous ring which more than Â° u^e lias corrupted the administration y the government at times too neai lo the center of power and influ liefore coming to the 1 next and lasl cj a83 the general public 1 wish jusl al this point to say that the fact ol llls great overproduction and accu mulation of stock in the whiskey trade has been brought about de signedly for the purpose of controlling the market in other words it is used for the purpose of establishing a monopoly in order that this great re serve of whiskey may be held in hand to be thrown upon the market ! when needed to control it or to be withhtld from the market when that ; is necessary to keep up the price in other words it is a monopolv as com plete and much less reputable than the great western union telegraph company in its line or the standard j oil company in its line if these | men are exposed to risks and losses j they have exposed themselves to those risks and losses by their own act i come now to speak for a moment of the general public it is said that the failure to pass this bill will affect business generally that there will be a falling off as was said by the gen tleman from kentucky mr willie the other day in the consumption of corn for instance and he warned my brethren from kansas and iowa that they would be burning their corn for fuel again before long be cause the consumption of corn for this purpose would be so greatly re duced he named 10,000,000 bush els per year as the amount of this falling off now the gentleman from kentucky knows that that is a phantom with out a body shadow without any sub stance in 1880 the production of corn in the united states was over 1,754,000,000 bushels the gentle man tells us that last year the con sumption of corn in the manufacture of whisky was reduced by 10,000,000 bushels about one eighth of 1 per cent of the entire production of corn in the country and less than 3 per cent of production of illinois alone and the reduction in the consump tion of corn for the manufacture of whiskey to the amount of o le-eighth of 1 per cent is to bring a business panic upon the country if we may believe the gentleman from kentucky to state the propositiou is all that is needed to answer it as to the banks when we compare the small amount invested in this bonded whisky as compared with the vast voluniw of our banking capi tal the prospect of a business panic from this source is equally absurd there is no demand from the gen eral public for the extension of this jonded period in my boyhood days i was accus tomed to see what we called scare crows set up in the corn fields but the gentleman from kentucky mr willis has soj up an exceedingly shabby and ey thin scare-crow in the corn fields of the gentle men from the great northwest but it will not scare them to any serious extent for if this corn is not used for making whisky it will be used for bread but it would seem that the gentlemen think it a pity to waste ao much corn on bread when it could ba made into good old bourbon whis ky especially if the government will only hold it while it gets its age ! what is the proposition now before us â€” this business propositiou as it is called ? it is that the tax now over due and about to become due in other words a part of the revenue of the government shall be reloaued by the government to the whisky ring in order to assist them in their specu lations and in their attempt to control the market i had expected when this proposi tion was considered that some gen tleman would rise in his place upon this floor and denounce it as uncon stitutional ; would denounce as uu constitutional the proposition that the government s-hjuld engage in a speculation in whisky when we proposed to improve the mis sissippi river to go control and curb the great father of waters that from its fountains to the sea it should roll peacefully beneficently and not as a terror to those who dwell upon its banks we were told that there was no warrant in the con stitution for that and alittle later when it was proposed to pass a law to stay the ravages of pleuro-pneumonia among the herds of our agriculturists in the east and in the west we were again told that such a measure was unconstitutional and when we proposed a short time later to make an appropriation to gave the sufferers from the overflow in the ohio valley we were gravely informed that there were serious doubts about tho constitutionality of sue a measure of relief but when it is proposed to loan anywhere from forty-five to seventy million of dollars for two years at 4.1 per cent interest to the whisky ring i have heard no one raise a voice here to say that it was unconstitutional it is unconstitutional to try to save men from being drowned with water but it is strictly constitutional to save them from being drowned in whisky ! for my own part i am not anxious about the constitution as macau ley once said about the english constitu tion it has been ruined so many '' limes that it has become used to it ; it thrives upon it with the great american eagle above it and the su preme court standing behind it to support it and 54,000,000 of loyal hearts ready to fight for it i am not anxious about the constitution adapt ing itself to our growing power our increasing wants and our advancing civilization it is destined to survive in transcendent vigor our fears and anxieties and to exceed our most san guine hopes again i am one of those who be lieve that the whisky trade is not one to be fostered or favored by our leg islation it is the great national waste and origin of our greatest national want this traffic and its resultant evils constitute the great poisonous cesspool of american civilization the eminent gentleman from illi nois mr morrison who sits before me in advocating this bill described this business as a great industry a valuable industry mr chair man it is a great industry but it is the devil's own industry ! the men who grow the corn the men who dis till the grain the men who handle and cany it as well as the men who vend and consume the product are simply contributing to this great na tional cesspool it is an industry worse than wasted into this cess pool are cast the life health fortune reputation and homes of hundreds of thousands of our people there are mingled murder debauchery drunk enness beastliness and every crime and the whisky ring fosters and pre serves this cesspool for the sake of a market j>'.it we are told that it brings us revenue that is true and this reve nue belongs to this government now if it is collected now it is secure for the benefit of the whole people if it is not collected now it will never reach your treasury it will never clink in your coffers mr willis why does my friend want to take revenue from such a dis reputable source mr hutcheon i have not time to answer that question hire a hall and give me half a day and i will tell you laughter there are millions in it there is too much involved to make it safe to delay or tamper with it a cor ruption fund of 50,000,000 is some thing that no honest government can afford to have lying around loose repeal is already the cry coming up from different directions â€” first from those who want cheap whisky and second from those who want re duced internal revenue this civ will increase until the corruption fund will triumph and whisky is free but we are told our treasury is already over flowing it is true and we need it to be full it this congress has the courage and manliness to do it we will soon put this revenue in circula tion to good purpose 1 let us attack the vast amount of illiteracy and ignorance and con sequent vice in the land by the en couragement of national education 2 commence an american navy worthy of this republic 3 improve restrain and control the mississippi river until it shall cease to be a terror to those who dwell alonjj its banks and until it shall be coiim by art as it is by nature the great vital artery of the republic and the great curb on overgrown monop olies 4 as this nation is we hope to be perpetual let us begin now a system of adequate public buildings until this government can conduct its own bus iness under its own roof in every town of 10,0u0 population in the had 5 if there be still a surplus then the coast defense and some fostering care of our merchant marine may claim a share and last but not least provide more liberal pensions for the widows of those who fell in defending the na tion's life and the maimed and crip pled heroes who still linger incapable of competing in the strenuous race of life in the language of the gentlemen from colorado unlock the treasu ry put its surplus wealth in circu lation to bless our country through needed ami legitimate expenditures and till the channels of business but no man and no party can gain either honor or success on the cry of free whisky let us have the courage which belongs to this hour and place and stand up against this gigantic monopolv this monstrous temptation to corruption in the language of the distinguished sena tor-elect from kentuky mr black burn he wh dallies is a dastard and he who doubts or dodges is damned laughter and aplause this is the whisky extension bill referred te in our last paper it has since been killed by a very decided vote â€” watchman the uev j s heilig says the con cord register has accepted a call to the pastorate of the lutheran church at har per's ferry va and regrets the loss of eo able and faithful a minister of the gospel and so pleasant a family ifmoneylp xtsf xt 3p-o3r think just a moment it may be greatly to your profit to buy your kainit acid phosphate and guanos from one to whom you can sell your cotton c â€” i have now ready and am selling every day for cash or on time to suit my customers royster's hil lilil kir fllilllti which is the best acid sold in the state beyond doubt â€” also the ashepoo acid phosphate which stands so high in georgia and south carolina that they pay 1 per ton more for it than for other brands but i will sell at a small profit to meet prices of other brands also i have the best german kainit ox sale in the country these goods for composting c are the very best that can be got anywhere there is none better call at once yet prices and put in your orders j d gaskill tobaccol if eve you had a showing for fine prices it is in the crop of tobacco to be planted this year we keep a store and strive to have in that store everything a farmer would like to buy both for himself and his family we want our customer to be a cheerful man ind if he has money in his purse lie will be cheerful but he can't be if when he comes to sell his crop it brings him little or nothing everybody knows that on the fertilizer he uses allowing the season to lie at all favorable depends the result of his crop and this being the case he has no right to risk that crop on anything that has not been tried and proved the following will show what has been tried and proved in the fertilizer way on line tobacco ami major ragland of halifax county va the great tobacco authority and grower of pedigree tobacco seed is the man who tells about it if anybody jcnows what tobacco is he certainly does there are several brands of fertilizer manufactured specially for tobacco differing in composition price and merit and after repeated experiments with most if not all the best the author gives it as his decided opinion that for fine bright silky tobaccc t othikg equal8 the anchor<$>brand tobacco fertilizer prepared by the southern fertilizing company richmond na and this opinion is based upon seventeen years trial and often in competition with the best of other brands on the market it is a tried and proved fertilizer which the plant er can use without the risk of getting something unsuited to his crop and therefore i can recommed it with confidence mc33rs mathews & williamson of roidsville n c wrote the following to the company and state that they have seen nothing since to change their judgment from our own pcisonal experience and it covers a long time in watching the re sults from the use of various brands of commercial fertilizers handled in this section it is our mature judgment that tho anchor brans stands at the head of all for the production of fine silly yellow tobacco the plant seems to receive more fitting nourishment from the use of this article than from any other and we are of opinion that if our farmers made it their stand-by we would hear less of light chaffy tobacco having some color but no body and that the farmer would realize the result he ought to enjoy from his labor for low-grade tobacco will not bring big money now we want you to have big money for your crop because we not only desire you to make good bills with us but pay for them when they are made hence we han dle the anchor brand and will supply you in quantities to suit direct from the factory we don't want people to abuse us about their fertilizer we therefore sell only what time has shown to be the best so make no arrangements in this line until you see or confer with us you certainly can't afford to take any risk this year j d gaskill sgl'^sebs i will have this season in larger quantity than ever before the old relia tf 1 " 0 sea fowl guano fur cotton it is a pleasure to sell this brand because it pleases and one fact worthy of notice is that it has increased in sales the last two years which no other brand has done in this market also i will have hymans & dancy's premium guajno which is one of the favorites of oabarras farmers no other brand stands any higher with them and we all know that they are good and successful farmers and especially raise tine large crops ot cotton to accommodate my friends and customers i will keep on hand a fullstock ol corn meal oats cotton seed meal bran ship stuff bacon molasses salt c c that i will sell for cash or barter very low also will sell on time dphave a small lot of prime clover seed _ j d gasl.i1i1j i 3:1 ill soon have completed the most convenient guanp warehouse in fown near uolmes'tan lart north carolina inventions lincoln pres mr e v stubbs of the well known firm of stubbs & sons of this place has just been granted letters patent on his turbine wheel mr stubbs has been engaged in manufac turing turbine wheels for the last twelve years and about four years ago he invented the wheel upon which he has just been granted 8 pat ent the principle points in favor of the stubbs turbine wheel over others is its particular adaptibilily to furnishing power from small streams and its cheapness the cost of its man ufacture being about one half that of other wheels both corn and wheat mills are being run night and day with 6 inches of water that is as much water as will pass through an opening 2i inches square one of the most useful inventions that we have ever seen is the davis quilting frame now being exhibited at capt speck's store by the patentee mr h t davis and the general agent mr t ii cox it is a ma chine which can in a moment be at tached to any sewing machine and by means of which a quilt can be quilted | in fwo or three hours j rhodes browne prbs \ v . c coart sxc total assets 71o,745 f 2 a home ( lompaii seeking home patronage strong prompt reliable liberal lerm i nhcies written on dwellings premiums payable one half cash and bal tince in twelve months j allen brown agt , 23:0l Â»- s.tli>l w ry x v wxichtslrdiamifecetablepllls kok tmk liver and all bilious complaints bafe h t.-ik being i>iir->ly vegetable noerio in 1'rk-n sicls all dnusiata - -?- this space reserved sheppard swink & monroe proprietors kluttz's warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco salisbury n c and will completely ch^ugo the blood in the entire systen in three months any person who will toko 1 fill each night from 1 to 13 weeks may be restored to bi umi health if such a thing bo possible for female complaints these villa have no equal physicians use them for the turo of livlili and kidney diseases sold everywhere or sent by mall for 35c in stamps circulars free i k johnson fc co boston mass fsgk pj s 3 hs?3'5 3 mst : n "^ r.-.ai asthma bronrhitu nccnl fw i smb i fl d fes "â€¢ a l-i w si ** i kift i.i.<-ni.i.itisiii johns \< \ ,,. ibipsl ' m_n "* i 1 *** ilni iini " lhni '-'â– "'; '"'"Â»"'Â«' //â€¢'â€¢â– â€¢ â– â– ir5 jw i p n h p p l^i l,ves o spivlwi'.ymiiil 1 l>oiriuc!aj*il'll<ii '..â€¢! johnson's anooyhe unspent vvs i^wm j 1 1 v'^jvtrlji np3 hackiiib couijh whoo|,,n cdiib chmnic ularrhoeo l>vwnten jolera morbdn kidnej 1 roulle d diseases of the spine sold evrrrwhrrc t-in:i.lars inc i s jijilnsf'n a ( (â– .. u..ston masa it is â– well-known fact tlmt most of tim hj 03 r p h 3 c 1 5 /^^ h horse and cattle i'nw.ler sold in this mnn lgr fcj bj lj \! m s tiba b i bm 7 tryii wortlilcss that shpriddn's cnn,iiti,,n miks tjh hfl f tat Â£.- i^q \\ j is 1 powdpri5ahsol.;te 1 ypnrean ( lvtrvtalnal.le qgfig eh ft r 0 kts sr pto3 vk r sid m nothing on earth will mako hcr:5 p^s ,*,* gi Â« y 2 l i 5 sjb co fi^^s n layllkesheridan'sconditionpow m^sij gefcsij li h ks e h w db s fj der dose one toasponnfiil tu cncii p:ntof food it will also posltivelv prevent an 1 enre ilr.srt.olrra.ctc soldeterywh^re.or>oiitnymaliror2.<c.ai aimai/pkl uai b^baii sthmj.i kiirmslied in larkp oans,pnrf$l.nfi lir mall 1-20 chicken cholera ufwuanjree i s juu>3o * tu boiu 4u , dec 20 isb io:ly offer special bargains cheap 1 elias howe leather machine - - - p : >- { 2 18-inch arm for heavy leather good as new i f)l < original cost 125.00 4 now family singer machines - - $ jo to lo 3 american so 1 - - " * 10 *{ - 2 wheeler & wilson - * **,, 2 home shuttles - - lweed - - - - " " " â€¢"'-' the above have been used some but wan-anted t - - work we also sell the istew davis a-merican and royal st john at bottom prices warranted for 5 years and guaranteed t.i satisfaction

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the carolina watchman tol xv.--third series salisbuby n c april 3 1884 ho 25 th . bonded extension bill speech of os bykox m cutcheox of michigan 5eof representatives ' . march 22 1884 , . ommlti f the whole on tnd li iviu under consldera to extend che time tor lhe led spii its now in " m cutcheon said : mr chairman : i shall ask the the committee for a few only while 1 present such - ] have upon this question reasons for opposing the bill i t is manifest to us that the question ,,' n ot onl a complex one but it is l 0 complicated one it is a tri ingnlar question with three aspects | n ,,, first place we have the busi ngs aspect of the case in the sec oq ] place we have its revenue aspect \ m i in the third place to a great manv 0 { usj h has a moral aspect first in regard to the busines upect of the case there arc four jijmci that are very ready concern ed in the result of the action of this body i regard to this bill first sre the producers â€” the distillers ; lecondly the middlemen the hold ers anil baukers who have loaned upon this security ; in the third place ihere are the retail dealers and con a ,,.| in the fourth place the public 6 now tir-t as to the distillers t i pru lucere when they went into this business to prodi this over 5toc k of whiskey which it is now uked tiiat tlif government shall as sist them in carrying they did so with their eves wide open with a full ind complete understanding of all the risks they we â– â€¢â– assuming of the danger of overproduction and with a full understanding of the tax which the government had against it and probabilities of the extension or non 11 of the bonded period now having gone as a speculation into this business into the manufacture of this product which they well knew ami we all well know requires time for its aging and perfection and where the holding of it would be for their pecuniary advantage they come to us now with a very poor grace to ask us to help them out of the embar rassments of their business specula tion for mv part i do not believe to the full extent in this cry of distress fliey have overproduced there is 110 doubt about that they knew they were overproducing when thÂ«-y did it there is no doubt about that filliei they knew ail the risks they were taking in their overproduction ami it conies as 1 before said with poor jrace from the producers uow to come to this congress and ask that we shall become partners with them in their speculation help them out of their difficulty and take 4i per cent interest on our money as our share of the profit so much for the produ cers in the second place we have the holder the middlemen and the bankers those who hold this pro duct have taken it l assume in the main and almost entirely since the passage of the internal revenue tax law ami the previous bonded exten sion laws riiebankers who have loaned money upon this stock of whiskey also did it with their eyes wide open know g fully all the circumstances know ing the fact of overproduction know ing the period of extension and know ing the measure of tax and every other element that entered into the question of financial speculation which they undertook when they either purchased this whiskey or took u as security for loans they discoun ted all this when they invested i y therefore that these middlemen wd bankers come here with an ex ceptionally poor plea when they ask u < to step in and take a share of the speculation to assume a part of the ri k and t take 11 per cent of the amount of the tax as our hare of the profits 1 come next to the third class in vested in this matter the consumers a hl retail dealers i undertake to say hat the consumers and retail dealers lia ve 110 interest at all in favor of tho passage of this lull but are interested nther in the retention of the present } a * ami the present bonded period y'fir interest certainly is to have c ean whiskey and they are therefore j lo t interested in the passage of this "'"â€¢ it may not make whiskey more \ 2 ' 1 dear but 1 trust that i may break the compact power of at dangerous ring which more than Â° u^e lias corrupted the administration y the government at times too neai lo the center of power and influ liefore coming to the 1 next and lasl cj a83 the general public 1 wish jusl al this point to say that the fact ol llls great overproduction and accu mulation of stock in the whiskey trade has been brought about de signedly for the purpose of controlling the market in other words it is used for the purpose of establishing a monopoly in order that this great re serve of whiskey may be held in hand to be thrown upon the market ! when needed to control it or to be withhtld from the market when that ; is necessary to keep up the price in other words it is a monopolv as com plete and much less reputable than the great western union telegraph company in its line or the standard j oil company in its line if these | men are exposed to risks and losses j they have exposed themselves to those risks and losses by their own act i come now to speak for a moment of the general public it is said that the failure to pass this bill will affect business generally that there will be a falling off as was said by the gen tleman from kentucky mr willie the other day in the consumption of corn for instance and he warned my brethren from kansas and iowa that they would be burning their corn for fuel again before long be cause the consumption of corn for this purpose would be so greatly re duced he named 10,000,000 bush els per year as the amount of this falling off now the gentleman from kentucky knows that that is a phantom with out a body shadow without any sub stance in 1880 the production of corn in the united states was over 1,754,000,000 bushels the gentle man tells us that last year the con sumption of corn in the manufacture of whisky was reduced by 10,000,000 bushels about one eighth of 1 per cent of the entire production of corn in the country and less than 3 per cent of production of illinois alone and the reduction in the consump tion of corn for the manufacture of whiskey to the amount of o le-eighth of 1 per cent is to bring a business panic upon the country if we may believe the gentleman from kentucky to state the propositiou is all that is needed to answer it as to the banks when we compare the small amount invested in this bonded whisky as compared with the vast voluniw of our banking capi tal the prospect of a business panic from this source is equally absurd there is no demand from the gen eral public for the extension of this jonded period in my boyhood days i was accus tomed to see what we called scare crows set up in the corn fields but the gentleman from kentucky mr willis has soj up an exceedingly shabby and ey thin scare-crow in the corn fields of the gentle men from the great northwest but it will not scare them to any serious extent for if this corn is not used for making whisky it will be used for bread but it would seem that the gentlemen think it a pity to waste ao much corn on bread when it could ba made into good old bourbon whis ky especially if the government will only hold it while it gets its age ! what is the proposition now before us â€” this business propositiou as it is called ? it is that the tax now over due and about to become due in other words a part of the revenue of the government shall be reloaued by the government to the whisky ring in order to assist them in their specu lations and in their attempt to control the market i had expected when this proposi tion was considered that some gen tleman would rise in his place upon this floor and denounce it as uncon stitutional ; would denounce as uu constitutional the proposition that the government s-hjuld engage in a speculation in whisky when we proposed to improve the mis sissippi river to go control and curb the great father of waters that from its fountains to the sea it should roll peacefully beneficently and not as a terror to those who dwell upon its banks we were told that there was no warrant in the con stitution for that and alittle later when it was proposed to pass a law to stay the ravages of pleuro-pneumonia among the herds of our agriculturists in the east and in the west we were again told that such a measure was unconstitutional and when we proposed a short time later to make an appropriation to gave the sufferers from the overflow in the ohio valley we were gravely informed that there were serious doubts about tho constitutionality of sue a measure of relief but when it is proposed to loan anywhere from forty-five to seventy million of dollars for two years at 4.1 per cent interest to the whisky ring i have heard no one raise a voice here to say that it was unconstitutional it is unconstitutional to try to save men from being drowned with water but it is strictly constitutional to save them from being drowned in whisky ! for my own part i am not anxious about the constitution as macau ley once said about the english constitu tion it has been ruined so many '' limes that it has become used to it ; it thrives upon it with the great american eagle above it and the su preme court standing behind it to support it and 54,000,000 of loyal hearts ready to fight for it i am not anxious about the constitution adapt ing itself to our growing power our increasing wants and our advancing civilization it is destined to survive in transcendent vigor our fears and anxieties and to exceed our most san guine hopes again i am one of those who be lieve that the whisky trade is not one to be fostered or favored by our leg islation it is the great national waste and origin of our greatest national want this traffic and its resultant evils constitute the great poisonous cesspool of american civilization the eminent gentleman from illi nois mr morrison who sits before me in advocating this bill described this business as a great industry a valuable industry mr chair man it is a great industry but it is the devil's own industry ! the men who grow the corn the men who dis till the grain the men who handle and cany it as well as the men who vend and consume the product are simply contributing to this great na tional cesspool it is an industry worse than wasted into this cess pool are cast the life health fortune reputation and homes of hundreds of thousands of our people there are mingled murder debauchery drunk enness beastliness and every crime and the whisky ring fosters and pre serves this cesspool for the sake of a market j>'.it we are told that it brings us revenue that is true and this reve nue belongs to this government now if it is collected now it is secure for the benefit of the whole people if it is not collected now it will never reach your treasury it will never clink in your coffers mr willis why does my friend want to take revenue from such a dis reputable source mr hutcheon i have not time to answer that question hire a hall and give me half a day and i will tell you laughter there are millions in it there is too much involved to make it safe to delay or tamper with it a cor ruption fund of 50,000,000 is some thing that no honest government can afford to have lying around loose repeal is already the cry coming up from different directions â€” first from those who want cheap whisky and second from those who want re duced internal revenue this civ will increase until the corruption fund will triumph and whisky is free but we are told our treasury is already over flowing it is true and we need it to be full it this congress has the courage and manliness to do it we will soon put this revenue in circula tion to good purpose 1 let us attack the vast amount of illiteracy and ignorance and con sequent vice in the land by the en couragement of national education 2 commence an american navy worthy of this republic 3 improve restrain and control the mississippi river until it shall cease to be a terror to those who dwell alonjj its banks and until it shall be coiim by art as it is by nature the great vital artery of the republic and the great curb on overgrown monop olies 4 as this nation is we hope to be perpetual let us begin now a system of adequate public buildings until this government can conduct its own bus iness under its own roof in every town of 10,0u0 population in the had 5 if there be still a surplus then the coast defense and some fostering care of our merchant marine may claim a share and last but not least provide more liberal pensions for the widows of those who fell in defending the na tion's life and the maimed and crip pled heroes who still linger incapable of competing in the strenuous race of life in the language of the gentlemen from colorado unlock the treasu ry put its surplus wealth in circu lation to bless our country through needed ami legitimate expenditures and till the channels of business but no man and no party can gain either honor or success on the cry of free whisky let us have the courage which belongs to this hour and place and stand up against this gigantic monopolv this monstrous temptation to corruption in the language of the distinguished sena tor-elect from kentuky mr black burn he wh dallies is a dastard and he who doubts or dodges is damned laughter and aplause this is the whisky extension bill referred te in our last paper it has since been killed by a very decided vote â€” watchman the uev j s heilig says the con cord register has accepted a call to the pastorate of the lutheran church at har per's ferry va and regrets the loss of eo able and faithful a minister of the gospel and so pleasant a family ifmoneylp xtsf xt 3p-o3r think just a moment it may be greatly to your profit to buy your kainit acid phosphate and guanos from one to whom you can sell your cotton c â€” i have now ready and am selling every day for cash or on time to suit my customers royster's hil lilil kir fllilllti which is the best acid sold in the state beyond doubt â€” also the ashepoo acid phosphate which stands so high in georgia and south carolina that they pay 1 per ton more for it than for other brands but i will sell at a small profit to meet prices of other brands also i have the best german kainit ox sale in the country these goods for composting c are the very best that can be got anywhere there is none better call at once yet prices and put in your orders j d gaskill tobaccol if eve you had a showing for fine prices it is in the crop of tobacco to be planted this year we keep a store and strive to have in that store everything a farmer would like to buy both for himself and his family we want our customer to be a cheerful man ind if he has money in his purse lie will be cheerful but he can't be if when he comes to sell his crop it brings him little or nothing everybody knows that on the fertilizer he uses allowing the season to lie at all favorable depends the result of his crop and this being the case he has no right to risk that crop on anything that has not been tried and proved the following will show what has been tried and proved in the fertilizer way on line tobacco ami major ragland of halifax county va the great tobacco authority and grower of pedigree tobacco seed is the man who tells about it if anybody jcnows what tobacco is he certainly does there are several brands of fertilizer manufactured specially for tobacco differing in composition price and merit and after repeated experiments with most if not all the best the author gives it as his decided opinion that for fine bright silky tobaccc t othikg equal8 the anchorbrand tobacco fertilizer prepared by the southern fertilizing company richmond na and this opinion is based upon seventeen years trial and often in competition with the best of other brands on the market it is a tried and proved fertilizer which the plant er can use without the risk of getting something unsuited to his crop and therefore i can recommed it with confidence mc33rs mathews & williamson of roidsville n c wrote the following to the company and state that they have seen nothing since to change their judgment from our own pcisonal experience and it covers a long time in watching the re sults from the use of various brands of commercial fertilizers handled in this section it is our mature judgment that tho anchor brans stands at the head of all for the production of fine silly yellow tobacco the plant seems to receive more fitting nourishment from the use of this article than from any other and we are of opinion that if our farmers made it their stand-by we would hear less of light chaffy tobacco having some color but no body and that the farmer would realize the result he ought to enjoy from his labor for low-grade tobacco will not bring big money now we want you to have big money for your crop because we not only desire you to make good bills with us but pay for them when they are made hence we han dle the anchor brand and will supply you in quantities to suit direct from the factory we don't want people to abuse us about their fertilizer we therefore sell only what time has shown to be the best so make no arrangements in this line until you see or confer with us you certainly can't afford to take any risk this year j d gaskill sgl'^sebs i will have this season in larger quantity than ever before the old relia tf 1 " 0 sea fowl guano fur cotton it is a pleasure to sell this brand because it pleases and one fact worthy of notice is that it has increased in sales the last two years which no other brand has done in this market also i will have hymans & dancy's premium guajno which is one of the favorites of oabarras farmers no other brand stands any higher with them and we all know that they are good and successful farmers and especially raise tine large crops ot cotton to accommodate my friends and customers i will keep on hand a fullstock ol corn meal oats cotton seed meal bran ship stuff bacon molasses salt c c that i will sell for cash or barter very low also will sell on time dphave a small lot of prime clover seed _ j d gasl.i1i1j i 3:1 ill soon have completed the most convenient guanp warehouse in fown near uolmes'tan lart north carolina inventions lincoln pres mr e v stubbs of the well known firm of stubbs & sons of this place has just been granted letters patent on his turbine wheel mr stubbs has been engaged in manufac turing turbine wheels for the last twelve years and about four years ago he invented the wheel upon which he has just been granted 8 pat ent the principle points in favor of the stubbs turbine wheel over others is its particular adaptibilily to furnishing power from small streams and its cheapness the cost of its man ufacture being about one half that of other wheels both corn and wheat mills are being run night and day with 6 inches of water that is as much water as will pass through an opening 2i inches square one of the most useful inventions that we have ever seen is the davis quilting frame now being exhibited at capt speck's store by the patentee mr h t davis and the general agent mr t ii cox it is a ma chine which can in a moment be at tached to any sewing machine and by means of which a quilt can be quilted | in fwo or three hours j rhodes browne prbs \ v . c coart sxc total assets 71o,745 f 2 a home ( lompaii seeking home patronage strong prompt reliable liberal lerm i nhcies written on dwellings premiums payable one half cash and bal tince in twelve months j allen brown agt , 23:0l Â»- s.tli>l w ry x v wxichtslrdiamifecetablepllls kok tmk liver and all bilious complaints bafe h t.-ik being i>iir->ly vegetable noerio in 1'rk-n sicls all dnusiata - -?- this space reserved sheppard swink & monroe proprietors kluttz's warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco salisbury n c and will completely ch^ugo the blood in the entire systen in three months any person who will toko 1 fill each night from 1 to 13 weeks may be restored to bi umi health if such a thing bo possible for female complaints these villa have no equal physicians use them for the turo of livlili and kidney diseases sold everywhere or sent by mall for 35c in stamps circulars free i k johnson fc co boston mass fsgk pj s 3 hs?3'5 3 mst : n "^ r.-.ai asthma bronrhitu nccnl fw i smb i fl d fes "â€¢ a l-i w si ** i kift i.i.oiriuc!aj*il'llvwnten jolera morbdn kidnej 1 roulle d diseases of the spine sold evrrrwhrrc t-in:i.lars inc i s jijilnsf'n a ( (â– .. u..ston masa it is â– well-known fact tlmt most of tim hj 03 r p h 3 c 1 5 /^^ h horse and cattle i'nw.ler sold in this mnn lgr fcj bj lj \! m s tiba b i bm 7 tryii wortlilcss that shpriddn's cnn,iiti,,n miks tjh hfl f tat Â£.- i^q \\ j is 1 powdpri5ahsol.;te 1 ypnrean ( lvtrvtalnal.le qgfig eh ft r 0 kts sr pto3 vk r sid m nothing on earth will mako hcr:5 p^s ,*,* gi Â« y 2 l i 5 sjb co fi^^s n layllkesheridan'sconditionpow m^sij gefcsij li h ks e h w db s fj der dose one toasponnfiil tu cncii p:ntof food it will also posltivelv prevent an 1 enre ilr.srt.olrra.ctc soldeterywh^re.or>oiitnymaliror2.3o * tu boiu 4u , dec 20 isb io:ly offer special bargains cheap 1 elias howe leather machine - - - p : >- { 2 18-inch arm for heavy leather good as new i f)l < original cost 125.00 4 now family singer machines - - $ jo to lo 3 american so 1 - - " * 10 *{ - 2 wheeler & wilson - * **,, 2 home shuttles - - lweed - - - - " " " â€¢"'-' the above have been used some but wan-anted t - - work we also sell the istew davis a-merican and royal st john at bottom prices warranted for 5 years and guaranteed t.i satisfaction